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MEDAL COLLECTIONS ON THE WEB
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HISTORICAL AND COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS Images and descriptions of over 400 medals, both European and American, dating from the 16th through the 19th centuries. This site uses the Medal as the focal point to join Art with History.
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MEDALLIONS OF THE NAPOLEONIC ERA Hundreds of medals arranged according to the Preconsulate, Consulate, Empire, and Post Empire Napoleonic Period. |
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About 600 beautiful images of medals by this fine German medallist. |
Over 250 years of medallic history from the reign of Louis XIV to the end of the Napoleonic era.
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Images of all the official inaugural medals of U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents. Includes an interesting History of the Official Inaugural Medal by Joe Levine.
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS A comprehensive medallic and textual history of Napoleon. Includes books, drawings, engravings and photographs. |
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boulton & watt & the soho mint A beautifully illustrated, lovely group of Soho Mint Medals formerly in the holdings of the families of Matthew Boulton and James Watt.
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Hundreds of fine photographs and descriptions of medals of the Napoleonic era, with standard references. |
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MÉDAILLES DE LA RÈGNE DE LOUIS XIV Fine photographs and interesting descriptions of medals of the reign of Louis XIV, arranged according to date. In French.
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A comprehensive catalogue of medals, jetons and tokens of the Napoleonic era, with images and useful links. |
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MÉDAILLES ET JETONS DU SACRE DES ROIS DE FRANCE À REIMS A catalogue of Medals and Jetons of the Kings of France from Henry II to Charles X. In French.
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Site shows medallic images and biographies of famous American Jews. Also includes a brief History of Jews in America. |
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A website devoted to medals of the past 120 years that are categorized as Art Medals. A useful site for those interested in contemporary medals as it includes Links to other websites dealing with Art Medals.
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An international website of art medals and plaques, many of them art nouveau and art deco, from different countries. Includes a list of contemporary medal artists. In English, French and German. |
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A comprehensive catalogue of Art Medals. In German. |
Art Nouveau and Art Deco medals The Art Nouveau and Art Deco medals of this website are mostly from France and Belgium. Its aim is not to show as many medals as possible but the more extraordinary ones. Includes a list of contemporary artists.
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Another lovely group of art medals, mostly by French and Belgian artists. Contains a brief recent history of the art medal in Western Europe.
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medaillenkunst German Art Medals with interesting links to other related sites. In German. |
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Contains descriptions and history of the medals of the French medallist Louis Oscar Roty (1846-1911). In French. |
Medal collection housed in the Museum Victoria in Australia organized chronologically within key themes in Victoria's history.
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Extensive group of medals, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries, and mainly French and Belgian. The medals are arranged alphabetically by artist. Lovely images. In French. |
Vereniging voor Penningkunst (DUTCH MEDAL SOCIETY) Images and descriptions of medals of the 20th and 21st centuries listed by the Dutch Medal Society. In Dutch with English introduction.
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Civilian, military, artistic and religious medals related to Chile from the 18th century to the present. In Spanish and English.
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MEDALS OF BAPTISTIC SIGNIFICANCE a private collection of medals with images and detailed descriptive interpretations of the medals. Includes a list of medals of the Protestant Reformers by Jean Dassier.
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A wonderfully interesting treatise on The Renaissance of the Cast Medal in Nineteenth Century France, in which they trace the history of the cast medal from 15th century Italy to 19th century France.
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MEDALS OF THE New-York Historical Society's collection A comprehensive and interesting array of commemorative and art medals, mostly American, including a gold strike of the Augustus Saint Gaudens medallion commemorating the centennial of George Washington's inauguration. |
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A marvelous collection of commemorative medals, with images and descriptions, from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. The medals deal mostly with maritime events, including naval battles. |
A diverse collection of medals from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, including: commemorative, art nouveau, art deco and contemporary art medals. Also contains commentary on casting and striking medals. |
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A useful resource for which provides the tools to upload photos and descriptions of medals from individual medal collectors. |
Medaillen der italienischen Renaissance A marvelous book by Cornelius von Fabriczy that includes images and descriptions of nearly 200 medals of the Italian Renaissance. The book, available online, is Digitized by GOOGLE. (in German) |
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A well-designed site on which collectors may display and share images and descriptions of their own medal collections online. |
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